: Next
The trailer didn’t give me much hope for this, but it’s actually not that bad. The premise that a psychic can see the next two minutes of his future doesn’t sound like much of a superpower, but it turns out to be impressive. He’s always one step ahead of his pursuers, and there’s a funny scene where he hits on a girl multiple times until he figures out the approach that works. My favorite was an action bit where he throws a baton down an empty hallway and you’re thinking, “Why on earth did he do that?” and suddenly a guard comes around the corner right as the baton whacks him in the face! But then of course the plot has to get too convoluted as our psychic hero tries to save his girlfriend and L.A. from a stolen nuclear bomb terrorists plan to detonate. The ending’s supposed to be clever, though it’s really not — it’s obvious and too gimmicky — but despite all that I liked the ending which was simpler than I expected. Usually films like this have two or three red herrings and subplots and confusion. I actually like the film as a whole — it’s harmless fun and occasionally interesting — but it’s certainly not a work of art. Don’t expect too much and you might be amused for a while.
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